Savings-bank.



C. FISHER...

SAVINGS BANK.

APPLICATION FILED APR.24. 1913.

1,157,303. i Patented Oct. 19,1915.

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CHARLHS FISHER, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIGNoR To THE AUTOMATIC RECORDING SAFECOMPANY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS. y n A SAVINGS-BANK. i

. Specification of Letters Patent. -i Patented 0013. 19, 1915.

AOriginal application filed March 11,. 1912, `Serial No. 683,178. Divided and this application filed April 24,

y 1913. seria1No.7e3,327. Y

To all whom t may concern.'

Be itknown that 1,; CHARLES FISHER, a

Y citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and -State yofvlllinois, have inventedl new and useful Improvements in Savings-Banks, of which `Ythe'following is a specification. l

. My invention relates particularly .to savingsbanks provided with several. coin-compartments adapted to keep the coins of diff erent denominations separate from each' other to facilitate counting of the coins when the, savings bank is'taken to the banking institution for the' purpose of effecting a deposit of the savings.

My primary object; is to provide improved means for locking the casing to the interiory body which is provided with severalY coincompartments. The present application constitu-tes a division of my application Serial No. 683,178, -filed March 11, 1912. I

The invention isV illustrated in'its pre- -ferred embodiment in the accompanying section taken asindicated at line of Fig. 1.

In the construction illustrated, it represents a body, or core, provided with moneyreceptacles, or coin-chambers; and B, acasing which' receives the body A and is preferably secured thereto by, meansk of the internal lock-` which will scribed.

The body VA is of general form-now known, comprising a base 1 and coinsreceptacles 2 risingfrom said base. l Y

In the illustration given, the casing is 'of oval or Velliptical cross-section, and the`coinreceptacles are grouped about a central billchamber 3 intowhich bills may be inserted through bill-opening 4 in thebase 1. One' of the chambers2 opens-into or coalesces with the central chamber13,rso Athatthis particular chamber 2 vmay. be used optionally to hold billsor coins. The'body has its base ffit snugly withinthe casing.

be Y presently' de- 1 of a form corresponding with the contour of the casing B, and the body is adapted .to

n The coin-chambers preferably are formed integral with the base and have open upper ends and open or slotted outer sides, as

shown. Thus, the Vcoin-chambers are formed by flanges 5 which rise from the base 1. The flanges which form the end receptacles are provided at their upper ends with eX- Vtensions 5a, which are provided with slots 5b, adapted to receive the locking-boltsrcan ried by the upper wall of the casing B.

The casing B preferably comprises a topplate 6 of oval form and a depending peripheral wall orvflange 7, which telescopically receives the body A; thus the peripheral wall 7 provides the outer walls of the coin-chambers '2. The peripheral wall' of y'the casing is providedl in its upper portion vwith coin-slots 8, which register with the upper ends of the several coin-compartments 2, so that coins can be passed, by lateral insertion, into the upper portions of the coinchambers, to permit which action the flanges" 5 are cut away at their upper portions, as

indicated at 9. The vertical wall of the casing is also provided with vertical slots 10, associated. with gradiiations (not shown) thus enabling the amount of money in each coin-receptacle to be ascertained at a glance. Applied to the inner surface of the top of the casing is a lock-carrying and guard-carrying plate '12, which may be of cast metal,

and which is `preferably securedby means of 'clenchingdugs 13 (Fig. 5), formed integrally with the top member 6 of the cas-y ing, extending downwardly through perforations in the plate 12 and clenched upon lugs 14.- with-whicli the lower face of the Vplate 12V is provided, the lugs 14 having 'beveled lower surfaces, as shown'. Clenching-members 13 are disposed on opposite sides of the lock and centrally of the length of the top member 6 of the casing. The casing-top v6` is further provided, as shownin 'a lockicasing 17 formed by a central -rectangular` .depending embossment on the casting 12.` The embossment 17 is provided lwith Aa chamber 418 which opens' at its' upper '.Fig. 2, with an inwardly struck lug 15,` I

which enters the slot 16, with which the side; and said chamber receives the flat locking-bolts 19'and va superposed ller'or plate 20, whichvis thus located between the locking-bolts 19 and the top wall 6V of the casing. The upper surfaces of the'plate or casting'12 and the filler 20 are provided withV complementalrecesses 21 and 22, re-

, spectively, which accommodate a U-shaped spring 23, whose arms are provided with down-turned extremities 24, which lpass through slots 25'in the iiller and enter perforations 26 in the bolts 19. The lower wall of the chamber 178 is recessed, as indicated at i 25a, to accommodate the lower endsof the flownturned extremities 24 ofthe spring.

The casing top is preferably equipped with a nameplate 27 ,which may be secured by rivets 28. The name-plate, the top-'wall 6,]tlie ller 20, andthelower wall of the chamber 18, are provided withfregistering perforations 'adapted to receive a vrotatable .key-barrel 29. The keybarrel is slottedy in a slot 32, where the key may enter.

the usual way to receive a key.l The cen- `tral opening 30 of the filler' is provided with an internal annular rib 31, crossed by rib 31 is adapted to register with a slot in the key. rib 31 maybe varied',v that is, placed inv different horizontal planes on different banks to provide 'for'changing the keys. The rib 31`is provided with a lugv or lugs 33, as

shown in Figs. 2 and .Lto Vinsure the keyV being turned in' the' right direction in unlocking the bank. .It will be understood that the spring 2?; serves to throw the bolts into engagement with the slots 5b with which the core is provided. Tov permit the bolts to project from the lock-casing, the end walls of the "chamber 18 are provided with slots,

ras indicatedat 34. The-bolts are shouldered A to limit their outward movement. Y

' It will be Vunderstood that-the bolts ll9are of such formation that when the Y key' is inserted and rotated, the keyfwill serve to retract the bolts against .the force of the spring 23.

`The peripheral portion `of the plate, or'

casting, 12, is equipped with outwardly'and downwardly projecting lugs 35, which'have their lower walls cutaway, as indicatedlat 36, tov permitthe insertion of coinsA The? lugs 35 are provided with slots` 37 and serve The'manner of using a safe Yof this character is now generally understood'. The body A isvinserted. in the casing-B, the base The Gbviously, the' location of the i the slots 37,'

1 ofrsaid body serving to close the lower permit the parts yto be 'brought together,

endiof said casing. By means. of a suitable:

e5 Y' key, thelockingebolts 19 maybe retracted to whereupon the bolts, when released, .will` enter the sockets 5b and securely lock the parts together. Coinsare inserted throughV the slotsvB, the guards'SS yielding'to permit the coinsto enter. Normally, the guardsefvfectually block thecoin-slots, so that the i* coins, once inserted, cannot be removed through the lcoin-slots. vThecoins fallinto the receptacles .and are `Amaintainedtherein in stacked relation.` When desired, a key may be employed, by authorized parties, to n disconnect the casingv from lthe'bodyfA, whereupon the casing may vbe lifted off, leaving thefcontents accessible. The coins in the receptacles 2 will be Vfound arranged accord-ing to' denomination, in stacked Yrelation, thus facilitatingy countingia'nd handling. v- I The safe described can be manufactured .at 'moderatefcosu is durable,]sejcure, and

thoroughly practicable from vthe standpoint j 'i' Y of manufacture. v The locking-device is .ex- Y, Y

VThe foregoing detailed description has Y ceedingly simple and eifective `been given for cleariiess of understanding only, and no unnecessary.` limitation shouldV be understood therefrom.

`Vhat 1 regard as new, yand desire cure by Letters Patent, is

1.17111 a savings-bank, the

to se- Vcombination Vof v;

a bodyA equipped with coin-chainberaacasf ing, a plate applied to the top-Wall of `Said casing and having a lock-chamber formed therein, a pair of oppositely movable bolts in said lockechamber, 'a filler in said lockchamber abovesaid bolts,said filler having openingstherein, and a bent spring having arms provided with downturn'ed extremities extending through l the openings in said ',iller, andv .engaging perforations :in said Y 2. In a savingsbanh-.the combinationof u a body equippedwith coin-chambers, aicas- 'Y above said bolts, saidi'iiller. andplat'e'provided with complemental f spring-receiving recesses, 4and abent spring received in said ing," -aplate lapplied to the top-Wallof said acasi'ng yand lformed with a lock-chamber, av pair lof oppositely imovabl'ev bolts in' saidY lock-chamber, a'iiller in saidlock-chamber' recessesV and having arms 'p'rovided withV` i" down-turned extremities extendiiignthrough openings" in saidjiillerV and engaging-said bolts; Y

" CHARLES fri-sminui-l .Y 

